On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 6:58 PM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> The g.gui.psmap manual page's description for the module includes the > statement, "It works better with files created by wx.psmap (more tested)." > I > cannot find wx.psmap. > wx.psmap is the same as cartographic composer, I reformulated it little so that it makes more sense. > > Backing up to the parent page (the Cartography box in the lower left > corner) and navigating to the postscript commands manual produces the > heading of the parent page: > hm, not sure what you mean here > > "GRASS GIS 7.5.svn Reference Manual > > Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as > GRASS, > is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data > management > and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, > and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial > settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and > environmental consulting companies. > > This reference manual details the use of modules distributed with > Geographic > Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS), an open source (GNU GPLed), > image > processing and geographic information system (GIS). > > Go back to help overview" > > Tucked away under that is the link, > "Postscript commands: > ps.map Produces hardcopy PostScript map output." > > I suggest that the page be eliminated and the link from the main module > directory's 'Cartography' link go directly to > <https://grass.osgeo.org/grass75/manuals/ps.map.html>. > > At the bottom of the psmap page is a section, "CHANGES BETWEEN VERSION > 5.0.x/5.4.x and > 6.0" that probably be safely removed. > I removed it > > It has been many years since I've used ps.map. If I'm correctly reading > the manual for g.gui.psmap I need to create the ps.map input *.txt file, > then use g.gui.psmap to tweak it. Is this correct? > no, you can work with cartographic composer (which is basically GUI for ps.map) directly. You can then export a file which can then be used with ps.map, or reloaded into cartographic composer. Best, Anna > > Regards, > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > grass-user@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
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